06-10-2016, 11:54 AM
Let me preface this by saying I am a newbie so if I'm missing something easy here or my attempted solutions don't make sense, I apologize in advance.
I am trying to hook up a TP-Link TL-WN725N Wifi USB to my Pine64. I attempted to download the driver I need but cannot run a `make all` on it. It looks like the driver I need is rtl8188eu which I got here:
https://github.com/lwfinger/rtl8188eu
Looking into the error I get:
"No rule to make target `modules'. Stop."
when trying to run make all it appears to be because i need to run
"apt-get install linux-headers-$(uname -r)" but this command won't work for Longsleep's custom Kernel build.
Perhaps I can try running "apt-get install linux-headers-generic"
I can see in the kernel drivers (/lib/modules/xxxx/kernel/net/wireless) on the OS there are many drivers installed, closes to what I need being rtl8187.
I have three ideas for solutions but am looking for some guidance/suggestions.
My ideas are:
1) get a wifi dongle that works with one of the installed drivers OR
2) try "apt-get install linux-headers-generic" and run "make all" again OR
3) compile the driver on a VM on my Mac and copy it over to the pine64 (I have no idea if that would work at all but though, why not try)
Any help/advice would be greatly appreciated!
Jacob Carter
I am trying to hook up a TP-Link TL-WN725N Wifi USB to my Pine64. I attempted to download the driver I need but cannot run a `make all` on it. It looks like the driver I need is rtl8188eu which I got here:
https://github.com/lwfinger/rtl8188eu
Looking into the error I get:
"No rule to make target `modules'. Stop."
when trying to run make all it appears to be because i need to run
"apt-get install linux-headers-$(uname -r)" but this command won't work for Longsleep's custom Kernel build.
Perhaps I can try running "apt-get install linux-headers-generic"
I can see in the kernel drivers (/lib/modules/xxxx/kernel/net/wireless) on the OS there are many drivers installed, closes to what I need being rtl8187.
I have three ideas for solutions but am looking for some guidance/suggestions.
My ideas are:
1) get a wifi dongle that works with one of the installed drivers OR
2) try "apt-get install linux-headers-generic" and run "make all" again OR
3) compile the driver on a VM on my Mac and copy it over to the pine64 (I have no idea if that would work at all but though, why not try)
Any help/advice would be greatly appreciated!
Jacob Carter
